Motif
prophetic calling with mantle and angelic vision
prophetic_calling_with_mantle_and_angelic_vision
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Sacred Calling, Conversion, and Faith Tests. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 1313-1435 confidence: medium
The note says Muhammad, wandering in hills near Mecca in anxiety after truth, saw Gabriel seated on a throne between heaven and earth.
The note recounts Muhammad's alarm after seeing Gabriel between heaven and earth, his being wrapped in a mantle, and Gabriel's address; the sura then addresses the mantle-covered figure.
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